(n.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.
(n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
Example Sentences:
(1) Primin itself was obtained from Primula elatior and from the petals (corollas) of Primula obconica.
(2) Osmotic gradient across the membrane of nonsonicated liposomes and rose petal protoplasts are shown to induce swelling.
(3) The prosthesis is fixed by the interaction of magnetic pondermotive forces between two soft petals of a magnetoelastomer.
(4) In agamous-1, stamens to petals; in apetala2-1, sepals to leaves and petals to staminoid petals; in apetala3-1, petals to sepals and stamens to carpels; in pistillata-1, petals to sepals.
(5) They gradually displayed active membrane pseudopodia, thorn-like processes and petal-like ruffles after 2 h to 4 h of cultivation.
(6) The method was used to analyze the free amino acid pool in carnation petals.
(7) The highest glucosyltransferase activity was found in petals of opening flowers of young plants.
(8) When a variety of shotguns were tested, it was found that one weapon with a very short barrel and cylinder bore did not exhibit petal spread until a range of 30 cm was reached.
(9) Two petal mRNA classes were identified that are present at elevated levels relative to other organs.
(10) This study explores the extent of mild to significant malnutrition in the squatter settlement of Kampung Baiduri located adjacent to an industrial area in Petaling Jaya.
(11) 3R-[2-(14)C]Mevalonate was incorporated into geranyl and neryl beta-d-glucosides in petals of Rosa dilecta in up to 10.6% yield, and the terpenoid part was specifically and equivalently labelled in the moieties derived from isopentenyl pyrophosphate and 3,3-dimethylallyl pyrophosphate.
(12) In the case of the Kalanchoe rhythm, mainly the process of the petal opening is affected.
(13) In the electron microscope these complexes appear as a rosette of petals.
(14) Shotcup petal abrasions centered around a shotgun wound of entrance are generally thought to occur at a range of 30 to 90 cm.
(15) Yuri's gaze turns back to the sky, peppered now with dry fallen leaves (a premonition, perhaps, of the petals cast before the viceroy in A Passage to India).
(16) Each molecule appeared to be composed of two kinds of particles, with one larger central particle and smaller peripheral particles and had shapes resembling that of a flower with 8 or 10 "petals".
(17) But I hear it constantly from some of the precious petals, can I say, some of the precious petals in the science fraternity, and if you can’t guess, I won’t accept it.” Australia had a dedicated science portfolio in cabinet since the 1930s until Abbott’s decision to fold the role into Macfarlane’s purview.
(18) In the families of flowering plants in which these organs occur, they are patterned with the sepals in the outermost whorl or whorls of the flower, with the petals next closest to the center, the stamens even closer to the center, and the carpels central.
(19) The programmed senescence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) petals requires active gene expression and is associated with the expression of several senescence-related mRNAs.
(20) In petunia, the gene Po regulates the expression of CHI in anthers: PoPo petunia lines contain CHI enzyme activity in petals and anthers, whereas popo lines contain the CHI enzyme only in petals but not in anthers.
Petar
Definition:
(n.) See Petard.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pochettino’s men were dominating possession but Partizan were looking dangerous, with their first chance coming after 15 minutes when Petar Grbic impressively cut inside to square for Danko Lazovic, whose shot was quickly blocked.
(2) There’s nothing in the supermarkets because of the buhoneros ,” said Ana Pérez, 60, walking past Rodríguez and the other vendors in Petare.
(3) Bicom's former communications director, Lee Petar, who runs a lobbying firm, Tetra Strategy, put Werritty in touch with the Dubai businessman, Harvey Boulter, whose meeting with Fox triggered the initial furore that led to his his demise.
(4) In Petare, a giant slum overlooking Caracas from the east, hustlers known as buhoneros sell their goods at a busy intersection.
(5) After 10 minutes Petar Grbic – a curiosity of a 6ft 3in right-winger – sprinted past Stambouli and crossed for the centre-forward Petar Skuletic, who should perhaps have scored, to head narrowly wide.
(6) In Caracas (Petare) all were negative, in Valencia, 5 of 150 (3.3%) resulted positive.
(7) That's all good and well, though let's remember the man's speaking in his second language, and I'd like to see some of his critics deliver a word-perfect reading of, say, traditional Serbian xmas poem The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš with a cheesy festive grin plastered across their smug coupon.
(8) We’re helping people get the basics Carmen Rodríguez, street vendor The scenes at Petare’s intersection, 23 de enero’s streets and Catia’s supermarkets are manifestations of an economy in tatters: one in which people buy milk, toilet paper and shampoo at inflated prices because supermarkets, with long queues outside, are near empty; in which engineers and lawyers smuggle pasta and petrol across borders to earn many times more than they would carrying out their profession; and in which surgeons complain that people are dying on the operating table because they cannot import medicines and equipment.
(9) The authors document a public education establishment for deaf-and-dumb children which uses the verbo-tonal method of Yugoslav Professor PETAR GUBERINA.
(10) 1.39pm GMT HALF-TIME FESTIVE SINGALONG (feauring Nick Drake, Val Doonican, Terry Wogan, Miles Davis and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš) City defender Aleksandar Kolarov has taken some flak of late for a rendition of Jingle Bells which makes Nick Drake sound like Val Doonican .
(11) "Interesting to see Rene Higuita in his pomp (12.36), but there was a certain Petar " Radi" Radenkovic, who played for Red Star and OFK Belgrade, later for 1860 Munich and was a legend in the 1960 - he was probably the first goalkeeper to get into the opponents half - and a much better shotstopper than Higuita!